Tag: new jersey

Real Fruit Bubble Tea @ Garden State Plaza Mall – Paramus, NJ

Posted on by lexia

Full disclosure here, I know the owner of this shop, but my thoughts and opinions are not swayed but that fact.

Wall decoration on the inside

After moving to south Jersey, I do not have the chance to swing by the Garden State Plaza mall very often, and boy have things changed! There are so many more shops and the food court got a complete make-over too. Real Fruit Bubble Tea in a fairly new addition right outside of the official food court, across from the McDonalds. 

When I got to the store, there was a small line, but it seems to be moving fairly quickly. I like slushy bubble teas, and the hubby likes liquid-y bubble teas. This place has both and the large cup — HUGE! 

(Scroll down to see a regular compared to a large)

Since it was the first time, the hubby ordered his favorite – Taro, in milk tea form. I ordered their house special Mango Diamond Slush, to see what the fuss was all about. 

While waiting, we received a Watermelon Slush due to an order mix up in nothing other than a LARGE. So we ended up with 3 drinks, but boy where they good. As the name suggests, this bubble tea establishment boasts using real fruit. Many bubble tea places use water/tea and powder. The mango diamond slush indeed had many pieces of mango cut right in front of you (or rather right by the window) that fit perfectly in the straw. The taro, to my surprise, used real taro as well! The watermelon slush was so good I felt like I was drinking a whole watermelon!

Watermelon, Mango Diamond Slush with boba, Taro Milk Tea with Boba

Miyabi @ Mount Laurel, NJ

Posted on by lexia

Miyabi was highly recommended by my friend Shelby who grew up in the area. (You should check out her blog, she published a book: shelbylee.home.blog ). The hubby and I went and made it in time for the lunch special, and thank goodness because I was HUNGRY. Thank God, my hubby loves me because he doesn’t like raw fish, but I could eat it everyday forever.

We ordered the Cooked Sushi so he could have a few pieces of that. It came with 2 eel, 1 shrimp, 1 crabmeat, and 1 shrimp tempura roll. The roll was huge! He also ordered the Chicken Teriyaki. Both dishes were good, I tried a little bit of each of course. The portion of the chicken was decent for a lunch special.

partially eaten chicken teriyaki

I ordered the Chirashi and a Spicy Salmon Roll. The Chirashi is a bed of seasoned rice with sashimi pieces on top. The rice is seasoned like their sushi rice, so it probably had some vinegar and sugar. There was tuna, salmon, tamago (egg), eel, crabstick, yellowtail, shrimp, salmon, and seaweed salad.

The spicy salmon roll had spicy salmon inside and on top, with some wasabi roe for added color. Overall, the rolls and sushi was great and was not too heavy on the rice.

Everything tasted fresh and the servers were very polite as well. If I’m around the area with a sushi craving, I will definitely be going back.